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My musical evolution began on august 1st 1995, i was a first year in highschool and my mom bought me my first walkman. I turned it onto a local rock station (LIVE 105, Bay Area Hard Kore POR VIDA) and I heard a song that for the first time in my life seemed to express all of my angst and anger at the world, it made me want to smash things with my head, and it felt great. The band was the Smashing Pumpkins(Greatest of all time) and the song was bullet with butterfly wings. That day I began to beg for an electric guitar. I didnt know anything about music, and i couldn't afford lessons, but the debater in me was sure that with enough resaech and reading that I could learn this art. When I turned 16 (1998) my requests we finally met with an act of kindness by my father (either kindness, or an act of mercy, cuz if i asked him for a guitar one more time, im sure he would have killed me.) I immediate ly started a band called DISSIN Fekatant with 2 of my friends who also couldn't play their instruments, and we began. In about a year iIhad learned to read tab and could play a few chords (which made me a high school guitar god), Dissin fektant broke up, the other two members becam 0X29A, and i grouped up with some other friends of mine and became StaticA!, this band actually played 2 shows before I had to move to fullerton for school. When I moved I was hanging out at a friends house (RAMIR) and I was sitting in his living room, with an old acoustic that was laying around, Jon passed the room and heared and asked me if i wanted to jam sometime, I said yes of course, and the rest is history. JAY-Z once said, that "somewhere in the ghetto there is a kid, that is sittin at a table in the morning, eating apple jacks, and inbetween eating apple jacks and watching tv he is honing his skills, and he wants my spot, when i find that kid, im gonna sign him..." look no further, that kid is me, i want stardom, and i will rock any venue neccesary to reach it... Screw their laws, Reject their traditions, Burn their flag.... Fifth Dynasty For Life....

I am not a good musician. I love music, but I can't write it, read it or play it unless somebody tells me exactly what to do. I have no rythm, which is weird because I supposedly am 'the backbone of the rythm section' while playing bass. I had never really played the bass before joining MGB (I do play the guitar some), but I do really like it now, and request as many bass solos as possible (Jon and Bill let me play one). I also love to sing, and that is clearly why there is no microphone within 15 feet of me when we're on stage. I am most influenced by: Social Distortion, Blink 182, Eazy-E, The Descendents, Sublime, The Ramones, Mandy Moore, Guns & Roses, Dre, Snoop, 2pac and Green Day. I also have a crush on Christina Aguilara. I really like MGB, and am glad to be part of the gang, even if I am the fifth wheel!

Believe it or not, Cameron has only been playing guitar for a couple of years. This is pretty amazing considering how easily he picks up some old George Harrison songs that have like 20 of the weirdest chords that exist. Cameron is also an awesome debater and is turning into a pretty good dancer when the time is right.

When Mary’s Garage Band reconvened in June of 2000, Jon had recruited our first rhythm guitarist: Cameron Ward. It was a true pleasure to meet Cam. He had only recently picked up the guitar, but he was obviously very eager to learn anything he could—even ridiculous old songs that I forced us to play—and also happy to teach me stuff that my daughter knew about, like “Creep.” Cameron was the hands-down star of our stage show, combining enthusiasm with youthful good looks. Sure, Jon was enthusiastic, and sure I’m youthful, but only Cameron brought the whole package. After three great years of playing with Cam, and watching him learn so much on the guitar, I was proud to give him my old Strat at our last recording session. I assume that it will feature proudly on his first solo recording.

Casey was cool enough to pick up the bass when no one else volunteered to do it. That’s exactly what Paul McCartney did for the Beatles, and I think it’s clear that musicologists will make that connection when they discover Mary’s Garage Band. One of the greatest parts of our live show (for me—you can ask the audience yourself) was when I would join Casey on the microphone to add the backing vocals for “Ball and Chain.” For me, the joy of that part of the show was knowing that all the pretty women in the audience would have to see me (for the first time all night) because I was perched like a second head on Casey’s left shoulder.